Numbers 10:5

When you sound short blasts, the camps that lie on the east side are to set out.

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In The King James Version

When ye blow an alarm, then the camps that lie on the east parts shall go forward.

In Context

4But if only one is sounded, then the leaders, the heads of the clans of Israel, are to gather before you.

6When you sound the short blasts a second time, the camps that lie on the south side are to set out. The blasts are to signal them to set out.

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Cross References

Numbers 2:3On the east side, toward the sunrise, the divisions of Judah are to camp under their standard: The leader of the Judahites is Nahshon son of Amminadab,

Numbers 10:14First, the divisions of the camp of Judah set out under their standard, with Nahshon son of Amminadab in command.

Joel 2:1Blow the ram’s horn in Zion; sound the alarm on My holy mountain! Let all who dwell in the land tremble, for the Day of the LORD is coming; indeed, it is near—

Matthew Henry on Numbers 10:2-11

The Moving of the Camp. ( b. c. 1490.) 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Make thee two trumpets of silver; of a whole piece shalt thou make them: that thou mayest use them for the calling of the assembly, and for the journeying of the camps. 3 And when they shall blow with them, all the assembly shall assemble themselves to thee at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 4 And if they blow but with one trumpet, then the princes, which are heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves… Read the whole commentary →

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